Agenda

West Devon Council - Tuesday, 21st May, 2024 11.00 am

Venue: Chamber - Kilworthy Park

Contact: Email: Democratic.Services@swdevon.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies for Absence
2.	To elect The Mayor of the Borough for the ensuing year
3.	To elect The Deputy Mayor of the Borough for the ensuing year
4.	Vote of thanks to the Retiring Mayor
5.	Response by the Retiring Mayor
6.	Declarations of Interest In accordance with the Code of Conduct, Members are invited to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Other Registerable Interests and Non-Registerable Interests including the nature and extent of such interests they may have in any items to be considered at this meeting;
7.	Confirmation of Minutes PDF 226 KB View item 7. as HTML 54 KB To approve and adopt as a correct record the Minutes of the Meeting of the Council held on 26 March 2024.
8.	To appoint a Leader of the Council for the ensuing year
9.	To appoint a Deputy Leader of the Council for the ensuing year
10.	To report on the composition of political groups
11.	To approve the Committee Structure for the coming year Audit & Governance 7 Members Hub 9 Members (membership to include Leader and Deputy Leader) Overview & Scrutiny 15 Members DM & Licensing 10 Members + Named Substitutes Council Tax Setting Committee 4 Members Investment & Regeneration 3 Members with all of the Borough Council Member appointments to the above Committees being politically balanced and each Member of Council being appointed to serve on one of the Audit & Governance; Hub; or Overview & Scrutiny Committees.
12.	Appointment of Members (and Substitute Members) of the Bodies of the Council To receive the appointments from the Political Groups of the Members they have selected to serve on the Committees. To appoint (if any) the requisite number of Members from the Members of the Council who, at the date of this meeting, are not Members of a Political Group. To follow
13.	To appoint the Chairman and Vice-Chairman to the Committees of the Council for the ensuing year To follow
14.	To appoint representatives to the list of Governance Boards for the ensuing year To follow
15.	To appoint representatives to the list of Outside Bodies for the ensuing year To follow
16.	Hub Advisory Groups To follow
17.	Appointment of Independent Persons - Standards and the Audit & Governance Committee To follow
18.	Reports of Bodies To receive the Minutes of the following Committees, to note the delegated decisions and to consider the adoption of those Minutes which require approval:
18a	Development Management & Licensing Committee PDF 310 KB View item 18a as HTML 85 KB Meeting held on 27 February 2024; and Meeting held on 16 April 2024 Additional documents: Minutes - DM&L 16 April 2024 , item 18a PDF 132 KB View as HTML (18a/2) 47 KB
18b	Audit & Governance Committee PDF 128 KB View item 18b as HTML 38 KB Meeting held on 19 March 2024
18c	Hub Committee PDF 291 KB View item 18c as HTML 49 KB Meeting held on 9 April 2024
18d	Overview & Scrutiny Committee PDF 308 KB View item 18d as HTML 57 KB Meeting held on 23 April 2024
19.	Council Constitution Review To follow.